The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.

Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.

Jesus addressed
this parable to the scribes and Pharisees: "What man
among you having a hundred sheep and losing one
of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds
it? And when he does find it, he sets it
on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his
arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors
and says to them, ´Rejoice with me because I have
found my lost sheep.´ I tell you, in just
the same way there will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous
people who have no need of repentance.”

Introductory Prayer:Dear Lord
Jesus, you wanted to love me with a human
love. You did not spare any sacrifice to love
me. Even when I rejected you, you sought me out
to bring me back to your fold. Give me
a heart as loving as yours. Let me burn with
zeal and charity for you, your souls, and your
interests. Help me to understand that my life was
given to me to love and spend itself loving souls
and you.

Petition:Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make
my heart more like yours!

1. The Heart of a True
Shepherd: The heart of Jesus pours out its love on
us. He came into this world to love us
more than anyone else ever could. He follows us long
distances to bring us back to him. Christ compares
himself to a shepherd, a lowly laborer who makes
many sacrifices and puts himself at the service of the
flock. A shepherd can give more importance to the
life of his flock than to his own life.
Christ the Good Shepherd lays down his life for his
sheep. No flock, no matter how large or valuable,
could ever be worth more than a shepherd. Yet the
Father wants the sheep to be safe, to thrive,
to grow and be strong. Christ dies in order
to give us life. There is nothing that makes the
shepherd happier than to give life to the sheep.

2.
He Pitched His Tent Among Us: We celebrate our Shepherd
and his love for us. He has loved us with
an everlasting love that passes through a divine heart
but also through a human heart like ours. Christ
is close to us as a shepherd. He did not
remain aloof and distant but wanted to come down
to our “desert” to rescue us when we were
lost. He did not insist on living in luxury but
pitched his tent among the flock, content to live
like one of us. The Feast of the Sacred Heart
celebrates that proximity to us through a divine love
made human. He is true man as well as
true God. He has made himself our brother.

3. A Devotion
of Love: Christ wants to set each of us
on his shoulders to carry us back to the Father.
He does not force this on us but follows
us until we are ready to surrender to him. Our
devotion to the Sacred Heart is a devotion of
love. We see a heart that has so loved the
world while receiving so little love in return, and
we desire to give ourselves to him more and
more. We are saddened by the cold and heartless response
that he receives in return for his sacrificial love
– saddest of all, the weak half-hearted love from
many of those who have been called to consecrate
themselves lovingly to him. Christ invites us to help him
bring in the lost sheep. We can call to
them and let them know that he is out searching
for them. Above all we can console him by
giving our love to him.

Conversation with Christ: Lord,
you let your heart be pierced for me on the
cross as a sign of the plenitude of your
unconditional love. Help me to not allow that sacrifice to
go in vain. Inspire a deep and burning love
in my soul that will not allow any infidelity
or sin to cheapen my love for you. Allow me
to accompany you in your mission to bring back
the lost sheep. Make me an ambassador of your grace
and mercy. May others come to know your love
through that same love reflected in me.

Resolution:I will search
for a lost sheep and encourage it to come
back to Christ. I will be like Christ and
not lose patience but charitably help that soul find its
way back to the fold.

The daily meditation is a service of Regnum Christi that offers people a Gospel reflection through e-mail. You can view the weekly meditation on this link or listen the podcast version here.